A few months ago Crestwood students were tasked with the challenge of writing personal narratives, with the possibility of representing Crestwood in our submission to the InCITE publication – a writing competition taking place across the CIS.  Adjudicated by Toronto writer Katrina Onstad, our grade 7 submission by Georgia Gardner was optioned to participate in

Ms. Lee’s Math students explored the relationship between the number of faces, vertices and edges in 3-D shapes by creating a variety of polyhedrons using toothpicks and marshmallows. At the end of the activity, some groups made “epic” shapes to prove that the relationship still held true for more complex polyhedrons. [nggallery id=42]  

This week Ms. McCourt’s grade 11 drama class presented their completely original, workshopped musical “Super Messed -Up”, about super hero teens in a high school that have to stop evil from world domination. It included original and tribute songs and dances, as well as amazing acting and fantastic fight choreography all designed by the students. This musical

Welcome to the world of the glorified doodle! Ms. Cooper’s grade 7 art students choose an image of their favourite animal and learned how to draw it by breaking it down to simpler shapes. From here, they used fine point markers and used a cross hatching technique to shade in the face of their animal.

Congratualtions to Georgia Gardner ’19, who has been invited to the InCITE writing workshop this weekend for her short story submission. Georgia will workshop her writing with Katrina Onstad this weekend and has a chance to be selected to be published later this year.  Way to go Georgia!      

Polo shirts will be allowed to be worn beginning Monday.  Please note that regular uniform rules apply – track pants or non-Crestwood sweaters are not allowed to be worn during school hours. If you are interested in purchasing a Crestwood Preparatory College Polo shirt, the uniform shop will be open at 8:00 am on Monday morning.

Congratulations to this year’s Grade 11 inter-grade debating champions Jasmin Katz and Justin Memar! Through wit and rigorous logical argumentation Justin and Jasmin successfully defended the resolution that doctors should not have to provide services which they personally disagree with on religious grounds.  Great work guys!  

The Senior Wind Ensemble recently returned from an exciting trip to New York City where they participated in a Music Competition. The group performed beautifully and received a trophy for a First Place ranking and a rating of “Excellent”. Maxime Bernier received an individual trophy as one of the outstanding soloists on clarinet. It was

This week Crestwood’s Me To We Club ran the WE CREATE CHANGE initiative in order to raise awareness of child poverty and the need for education. Millions of children around the world do not have the chance to receive a proper education, especially girls.  Through this campaign Crestwood is changing the lives of those in poverty.  Throughout the

Student Video for Swing Into Summer Check out this student created video showcasing Crestwood’s Annual Swing Into Summer Golf Gala in support of Crestwood’s Scholarship Foundation by filmmakers Christian Kyne ’17 and Alexander Mcleod ’17. Crestwood’s annual Golf Gala will be held at the Richmond Hill Golf Club on Wednesday, June 11 2014. Please click

Exams begin for all students on Friday May 30, 2014. A general schedule is available on the website under the documents tab. All students will be receiving a personalized examination schedule in early May.   All morning exams begin at 9:00 am and all afternoon exams begin at 1:00 pm. Exams in Grades 7 –

Swing Into Summer this year with Crestwood Preparatory College and help contribute to a great cause: Crestwood’s Scholarship Foundation. Crestwood’s annual Golf Gala will be held at the Richmond Hill Golf Club on Wednesday, June 11 2014. Please click here for more information. Last year over 65 students, parents, alumni and staff hit the links for a day of laughter

Grade 8 Graduation On Wednesday June 18th, 2014 our Grade 8 Graduation will be held in the gymnasium starting at 5:00 pm.  Gym doors will open at 4:30 and seating is on a first come basis. The ceremony will last until approximately 6:00 pm and will be followed by light refreshments.  Students are to be

On Friday May 9th, 2014 Crestwood Preparatory College will hold its annual prom at the Bayview Golf and Country Club (25 Fairway Heights Drive, Thornhill).  All students in Grade 12 are invited to purchase tickets for the event. Tickets are on sale in Mrs. Santomero’s room until Friday May 2nd and are $90.00 per person.

On Wednesday, April 9th, join Mrs. Winograd for the English department’s next workshop in a series aimed to aid student writing. The focus will be Organization, Test-Prep and Test-Taking Strategies, and will cover use of the agenda, frontloading, memory strategies, self-talk method for test preparation, breaking down multi-step test questions, and organizing ideas prior to

Crestwood student Justin Kim has been recognized as Legislative Page Co-Captain of the Day. Justin, who was selected to participate in the Ontario Provincial Legislative Page program, has been working as a student Page since the beginning of March. Congratulations Justin! Each year approximately 140 young students from across Ontario are selected to participate in the

The Spring sports season in just around the corner Crestwood! Try-outs continue next week.  Co-ed Badminton, Boys Rugby, Girls Soccer and Co-ed Track and Field practices run all week both before and after school.  If you are interested in trying out, click here for more information and practice times.

Mrs. Winograd’s grade 8 Roots Geography class has been researching an organization whose mandate is to help eradicate poverty.  Upon completion of their research the students will be making their own promotional media clip presenting its values and mission – with the goal of getting people involved in the fight against poverty!

There is still time to register for the Sporting Life 10 km race on Sunday, May, 11th. Training is after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays with Ms. Dickinson. Money raised from this event will send kids with cancer to Camp Oochiegas. This year we will be running to honour the memory of Olivia Wise. If

For the second year in a row, the Girls Varsity Curling team represented Crestwood and CISAA at the OFSAA Provincial Curling Championships. The team of Jessie Cooke, Mara Bowman, Sarah Mainprize and Amy Cho travelled to Brampton during the second week of March Break to compete with the 20 best girls’ rinks in the province.

On Tuesday March 4, 2014, Crestwood hosted one of the Senior Girls Volleyball OFSAA Championships’ Tournaments.  The games lasted for more than 12 hours, starting early in the morning, and finally ending when the final team won in the evening.   OFSAA, or the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations, hosts championships throughout the year

Tomorrow (Saturday, May 31st) is The Wings of Hope book launch, happening at Crestwood. The book launch begins at 10:00 am and will end at approximately 12:00 pm. The event will be a great opportunity to raise awareness for kids with cancer and will include a live performance by rising star Suzie McNeil.       If you plan on

Mr. Masters and Mr. Hawkins are happy to announce the winners of this year’s Black History Month competition. We had many impressive submissions this year, covering topics as varied as Rosa Parks and Kardinal Offishal. Students showed the amazing contributions to North American culture and history by African-Americans and African-Canadians. Selecting a winner and a

Let’s wish Catie Skain (100m freestyle swimming) and Crestwood’s Curlers good luck at OFSAA this week and next. Both will be competing in their events in the upcoming days and we hope they excel under pressure!

In what turned out to be a riveting, and heart-breaking Saturday for Crestwood sports, both the U14 Girls Volleyball team as well as the U14 Boys Basketball team came within a heartbeat of taking CISSA Gold. The girls lost a close match to powerhouse Ridley College 2 -1, and our U14 Boys lost a heart-wrenching game

Spring sports is right around the corner Crestwood. Tryouts for Junior and Senior Boys Rugby, U14 and Senior Girls Soccer, Coed Badminton and Track and Field all begin immediately after the break.  Please check the calendar for your practice and tryout dates! Go Crestwood!

The following is a selection of the current titles Crestwood’s teachers are reading. If you are looking for something to peruse over the March Break, these works are to be recommended!   Ms. Bryant The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, by Haruki Murakami   Toru Okada begins the story unemployed and searching for his lost cat; however, soon Toru

This week Crestwood students visited both the Sunnybrook Veterans’ Wing and Baycrest’s Cafe Europa, where they had the chance to interview both World War Two Veterans and Holocaust Survivors. Through the Oral History Project, Crestwood students continue to appreciate the humanity and sacrifice that are at the heart of this modern conflict. [nggallery id=40]  

Correction to last week’s newsletter: Crestwood student Justin Kim has been selected to participate in the Ontario Provincial Legislative Page program. Last week’s newsletter mistakenly reported that Justin had been chosen for the Federal program. Each year approximately 140 young students from across Ontario are selected to participate in the Legislative Page Program.  This is